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<em>“Duvy” Cabell</em>, as he was familiarly I known by his many friends, was born in Dallas, Texas on the 22nd of August 1874, and was appointed to West Point from the 6th District of that State by Jo Abbott. He was the son of William Lewis Cabell, a Virginian, Class of 1850, Cullum No. 1482—who resigned as a Captain of Infantry, U.S. Army in 1861, joined the Confederacy and became a Brigadier General, C.S.A. (Old Tige), later Mayor of Dallas from 1874 to 1882—and of Harriet Amanda Rector a Kentuckian.</p>
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“Duvy’s” widow, Frances Miller Cabell, to whom he was married at Dallas in 1911, and their only child, Frances, resides in, Dallas.</p>
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Before entering West Point, “Duvy” had attended grammar and high schools in Texas, a college preparatory school in New York, and the A&M College of Texas during 1890 and 1892.</p>
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Upon graduation from West Point he was assigned to the Infantry and served with the Cuban Army of Occupation until July 1900 thence to Fort Sheridan, Illinois, in preparation for duty In the Philippines where he arrived In October 1900. He was Aide-de-Camp to General J. M. Bell until March 1901 when he joined his regiment, the 14th Infantry, In Manila, thence to Fort Niagara, New York, until July 1902, thence to Fort Porter, New York, to February 1903, thence again to the Philippines from February 1903 to April 1905, and back to continental United States at Vancouver Barracks, Washington, to December 1905.</p>
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Following this service at Vancouver Barracks he was detailed as an Acting Quartermaster and appointed Assistant to the Depot Quartermaster at San Francisco until October 1906. He was then sent to Havana, Cuba, as Assistant to the Chief Quartermaster, Army of Cuban Pacification, to November 1906. Thus over a period of about six years he had served with two Armies in Cuba and had two tours of duty in the Philippines!</p>
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Following this latest service in Cuba he again became Assistant Depot Quartermaster at San Francisco and later was in the Quartermaster Department by detail in February 1907. He was Quartermaster of the U.S.A. Transport Thomas from December 1907 to July 1909, thence on duty as Assistant Depot Quartermaster at Jeffersonville. Indiana, to February 1911, when he was relieved from detail in the Quartermaster Department and assigned to the 10th Infantry, joining that regiment at Maneuver Camp, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, in March 1911; appointed Regimental Quartermaster in May of that year, preceding the regiment to the Panama Canal Zone in September 1911, and remaining on this duty until December 1912. He was transferred to the 6th Infantry In April 1913, which he joined at Presidio of San Francisco in May of the same year.</p>
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Again he was detailed to the Quartermaster Department in April 1914 and sent to Fort Sam Houston. Texas, as Assistant to the Depot Quartermaster, and then put on detached service at Naco, Arizona, during border trouble at that place. He was Quartermaster at Douglas, Arizona, from January 1915 to March 1916 and served as Assistant to the Division Quartermaster and Field Quartermaster with the Punitive Expedition into Mexico from March to July 1916. Following the completion of his duty with the Punitive Expedition he was Quartermaster at Llano Grande, Texas, until December 1916, and then became Assistant Depot Quartermaster at New York City until July 1917, in charge of the Purchase Branch during a portion of this tour and later was In the Transportation Branch which included operation of the Army Transport Service at that Port. He was actively engaged in organizing, equipping and controlling the movements of the Army Transport vessels out of New York to August 1917, when he was relieved from his detail in the Transportation Branch and assigned to duty as Quartermaster of the 83rd Division at Camp Sherman, then at Chillicothe, Ohio, until May 1918. He then was ordered to duty as Depot Quartermaster at Newport News, Virginia, until September 1918, thence as Depot Quartermaster at Nantes, France, returning to the United States in January 1919 as Zone Supply Officer at Jeffersonville, Indiana to July 1921. He then became Depot Quartermaster, 8th Corps Area General Depot, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, remaining on this assignment until July 1924. For the next three years he was on duty with the Organized Reserves at Dallas until September 1927, and then was transferred to the Recruiting Service until June 19, 1928, when upon his own request he was retired after 30 years’ service. Thus a long, interesting and effective career of active service came to an end, enabling him with his family to enjoy many happy years among his early associates at Dallas, the city of his birth.</p>
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He received the following promotions in the Regular Army:<br />
2nd Lieutenancy—upon graduation— February 16, 1899—Infantry.<br />
1st Lieutenancy—December 17, 1900—Infantry.<br />
Captaincy—January 9, 1907—Infantry.<br />
Majority—May 15, 1917—Infantry.<br />
Lieutenant-Colonelcy (National Army)—Infantry—August 5, 1917.<br />
Colonelcy—July 30, 1918—Infantry—U.S.A.</p>
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Upon the reduction of the Army following World War I, he was returned to a Lieutenant-Colonelcy, with his contemporaries on July 1, 1920: he then was transferred to the Quartermaster Corps in that grade on July 30, 1920 and on March 2, 1923 he was promoted to the grade of Colonel, Quartermaster Corps.</p>
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He received the following decorations: Spanish American War, Philippine Insurrection, Cuban Pacification and World World I.</p>
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After retirement he devoted his time to his family, friends and personal affairs. He repeatedly requested during his long illness that his obituary for <em>Assembly</em> be limited to his official Record as on file in the War Department. This we have attempted to do, for to act otherwise would not have pleased him. His temperament was such that he sought no preferments, no publicity—he was never a “selfseeker”. He was always content with the satisfaction of knowing that whatever his duties were they were well performed under the dictates of his conscience. His many and varied duties called upon him to serve as an organizer, executive and even as a ‘‘trouble-shooter” In difficult situations but he never lost sight of the Motto of his Alma Mater—’’DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY”.</p>
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“Duvy” was universally popular with those who knew him well—modest, considerate and tolerant, a real gentleman and a loyal friend.</p>
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We regret and mourn his passing and we wish his widow and daughter to know that his old Army friends respected, admired and loved him.</p>
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<em>—Class of 1899</em></p>
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